Saudi Arabia Canada Relations

• Canada, Saudi Arabia name new ambassadors in move to restore full diplomatic ties

  Canada's push to normalize ties with Saudi Arabia follows a blow-up of relations in 2018.

  Canada

  May 24, 2023
  
• Saudi Arabia denied visas, blocked shipments at ports amid diplomatic spat with Canada: memo

  A newly released federal document provides a close look at Saudi Arabia's retaliation against Canada, following criticism by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland on Twitter of the regime's arrest of women's rights activists.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2019
  
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• Calls for tighter bail rules after Saudi man accused of sexual assault flees Cape Breton

  Little is known of Mohammed Zuraibi Alzoabi's whereabouts, other than a brief note from a sheriff on Dec. 8 citing his lawyer saying he "fled the country sometime ago."

  Crime

  Jan 20, 2019
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• Here’s the fake news Saudi Arabia is playing about Canada

  Saudi Arabia's state-owned television network has falsely claimed that Canada imprisoned several individuals over "freedom of opinion," including psychologist Jordan Peterson.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2018
• Saudi Arabia-Canada spat: Here’s everything to know about the feud

  It started with a tweet over human rights and now the feud between Saudi Arabia and Canada has escalated into one biggest diplomatic rifts in years between the two nations.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2018
• Trudeau mum on Saudi dispute apology, says Canada will speak out ‘wherever we see the need’

  It appears no apology is in the works from Canada after Saudi Arabia launched an escalating diplomatic dispute over a tweet.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2018
• What the feds don’t want you to see in their Saudi Arabia human rights report

  Following an access-to-information request, Global Affairs Canada released its 2015 human rights report on Saudi Arabia. But the department redacted everything in the report related to potentially contentious human rights issues.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2016